Hillary Clinton arrives in Belfast for talks

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met Northern Ireland's First
Minister and Deputy First Minister Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness at
Stormont, just hours after police found two bombs planted by suspected
Republican dissidents.

Feelings have been running high since new restrictions were imposed on flying the Union flag over Belfast City Hall.

Limiting the number of days the flag can be shown has caused protests across the country. A loyalist mob set fire to offices of the centre-ground Alliance Party in Carrickfergus in County Antrim and the home of two councillors in Bangor was attacked.

The situation escalated as four men were arrested in Londonderry in connection with a viable bomb. Homes had to be evacuated as the army made the bomb – an improvised explosive device – safe.